Compact mobile rotisserie preparation workstation

Abstract

A mobile workstation for preparation of skewered meat products comprising a mobile food preparation cart, a skewer bracket and a rack member. The cart has a work surface or horizontal supports supported by a plurality of leg supports on wheels and rails for supporting a removable seasoning lug positioned below said work surface. The skewer bracket is mounted on the food preparation cart and receives and positions a skewer in a substantially vertical position for effecting skewering of a meat product thereon. The rack member, which also supports a plurality of skewers or skewers and skewered meat products, is also mounted on the food preparation cart.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A mobile workstation for preparation of skewered meat products comprising: (a) a mobile food preparation cart, said cart having (i) horizontal supports, said horizontal supports supported by a plurality of leg supports on wheels,   (ii) rails for supporting a removable seasoning lug;     (b) a skewer bracket for receiving and positioning a skewer in a substantially vertical position for effecting skewering of said meat product; and   (c) a rack member assembly mounted on said cart for supporting a plurality of skewers or skewers and skewered meat products.   
     
     
       2. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said meat products are chicken. 
     
     
       3. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said cart further comprises a substantially horizontal shelf member positioned between said wheels and said horizontal supports. 
     
     
       4. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said skewer bracket and said rack member assembly are each removable. 
     
     
       5. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said skewer bracket comprises: a cantilever bracket having a top portion and means for mounting said cantilever bracket to corresponding means on said cart such that said top portion is substantially level with said horizontal supports said top portion having means for affirmatively securing a skewer in a substantially vertical position to place a meat product thereon,   said cantilever bracket having rails for supporting a removable dripping and scrap pan positioned below said top portion.   
     
     
       6. The workstation of claim 5, wherein said cantilever bracket has a horizontal flange extending from said top portion, such that said bracket is supported by at least one of said horizontal supports and a first skewer support holder extends upwardly from said horizontal flange, and a second skewer support holder is mounted to said cart on an opposing side such that a skewer and skewered meat product can be supported by said first and second skewer holders in a substantially horizontal position while said meat product is seasoned, said second skewer support holder including means for attaching said second skewer support holder to corresponding means on said cart. 
     
     
       7. The workstation of claim 5, wherein said means for affirmatively securing a skewer in a substantially vertical position comprises a skewer stop and skewer restraint tabs formed on said top portion of said bracket. 
     
     
       8. The workstation of claim 5, wherein said means for mounting said cantilever bracket is a plurality of key hole slots and said corresponding means on said cart is a plurality of key hole studs. 
     
     
       9. The workstation of claim 5, wherein said means for mounting said cantilever bracket are a plurality of long pins and said corresponding means on said cart is a plurality of apertures to accommodate said long pins. 
     
     
       10. The workstation of claim 7, wherein said means for mounting said second skewer support holder is a plurality of key hole slots and said corresponding means on said cart is a plurality of key hole studs. 
     
     
       11. The workstation of claim 7, wherein said means for mounting said second skewer support holder is a plurality of long pins and said corresponding means on said cart is a plurality of apertures to accommodate said long pins. 
     
     
       12. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said plurality of leg supports on wheels comprises four leg supports on wheels. 
     
     
       13. The workstation of claim 12, wherein said wheels comprise two swivel wheels, each of said swivel wheels having locked and unlocked positions, and two straight wheels. 
     
     
       14. The workstation of claim 1, wherein said rack member assembly comprises: (a) at least two vertical posts mounted on at least two leg supports from said plurality of leg supports such that said vertical posts extend above said horizontal supports of said food preparation cart; and   (b) bracket members mounted on each of said vertical posts such that rotisserie skewers can be extended therebetween.   
     
     
       15. The workstation of claim 14, including four bracket members. 
     
     
       16. The workstation of claim 14, wherein said bracket member includes at least one indentation to affirmatively secure said skewer or skewer and skewered meat product. 
     
     
       17. The workstation of claim 14, wherein said vertical posts are removably mounted. 
     
     
       18. The workstation of claim 14, wherein said bracket members are removably mounted. 
     
     
       19. A mobile workstation for preparation of skewered meat products comprising: (a) a mobile food preparation cart, said cart having (i) a work surface, said work surface supported by a plurality of leg supports on wheels,   (ii) rails for supporting a removable seasoning lug positioned below said work surface;     (b) a skewer bracket for receiving and positioning a skewer in a substantially vertical position for effecting skewering of said meat product; and   (c) a rack member assembly mounted on said cart for supporting a plurality of skewers or skewers and skewered meat products.   
     
     
       20. The workstation of claim 19, wherein said skewer bracket extends upwardly to form a first skewer support holder and a second skewer support holder is mounted to said cart on a opposing side such that a skewer and skewered meat product can be supported by said first and second skewer holder in a substantially horizontal position for seasoning.